“Israel is a country at war but I believe that we must continue to work for stability and de-escalation, and therefore the final objective is that of two peoples and two states,” Tajani told reporters on the sidelines of the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting in Tokyo.
“Obviously there will have to be a transitional phase, there could be, for example, a presence like that of UNIFIL in Lebanon,” continued Tajani in reference to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, initially established by the UN security Council in 1978 and which currently has over 10,300 deployed personnel.
“From this point of view an agreement can be found, we have talked about it and we will continue to talk about it. The goal is peace,” he continued
“Of course, it is going to take time, but we want for the Palestinian people to be out of this war and of course Hamas must be out of Palestine.
“We very much believe in the Palestinian National Authority, which can be an interlocutor for the future, as it is today.”
The foreign minister also reiterated Italy’s call for “military pauses to allow the civilian population to leave the conflict areas”.
On the aid front, Tajani explained that “Italy is ready to set up a field hospital, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto is exploring this possibility with the Defence Chief of Staff”.
“We have sent aid, and we are ready to treat the wounded, naturally not terrorists, in our hospitals,” he added.
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